MU736China Eastern Airlines · SYD → PVG
updated 22m ago
Route confirmed China Eastern Airlines

MU736 SydneySYD · 21:30 ShanghaiPVG · 05:00

MU736 by China Eastern Airlines flies from Sydney (SYD) to Shanghai (PVG) for the Sun, Nov 1 departure.

Right nowLanded in Shanghai · today
04:45

arrived at PVG · 15 min early

Typical gate push+0 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−15 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~15 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-01
−15 arrival
10-31
+0 gate · −15 arrival
10-30
+0 gate · +0 arrival
10-29
+0 gate · −15 arrival
10-28
−2 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −15 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SYDSydneyOn-time likelySYD delay board →
PVGShanghaiOn-time likelyPVG delay board →
SYD→PVGevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+5 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by PVG (Shanghai), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Sydney to Shanghai with China Eastern Airlines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: high
Chance a departure is cancelled
1.7%3.0× usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
2.2%3.1× usual

Forecast weather: 74% chance of rain at Shanghai

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 2 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Sydney to Shanghai flights today

same route · China Eastern Airlines
MU562departs 12:00

If MU736 is cancelled, this is the other China Eastern Airlines nonstop flight from Sydney to Shanghai on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SYD local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How MU736 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for MU736 across the SYD and PVG boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min early. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 5/5 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how MU736 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocks

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-01SYD 21:30PVG 05:00 04:45 (−15)
10-31SYD 21:30 (+0)PVG 05:00 04:45 (−15)
10-30SYD 21:30 (+0)PVG 05:00 (+0)
10-29SYD 21:30 (+0)PVG 05:00 04:45 (−15)
10-28SYD PVG 05:00 04:58 (−2)

Board clocks recorded as SYD and PVG published them.

Planning around MU736? Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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